Tiling -- Interesting Geometry
10-31-2023, 01:43 PM
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Tiling -- Interesting Geometry
My math friendly quilt brain just loves stuff like this!! I love tessellating designs and am familiar with the various forms of symmetry and some pretty esoteric stuff about geometry as it relates to quilting -- but some of this stuff is new because it is new!
https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-bri...ling-20231030/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-bri...ling-20231030/
10-31-2023, 09:24 PM
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That is a very interesting article. So many people don't think mathematics matter in life, but they are so wrong. Math is involved in absolutely everything we do every day. This shows a fun way to use math.
11-01-2023, 05:10 AM
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I have two quilt books based on Roman cathedral mosaic floors. When we visited Herculaneum last September, we watched archeological students painstakingly repairing a tile floor. Each piece was less than 2 inches across, with an intricate repeating pattern. The amount of math that went into those creations--my mind boggles!
I also drew out a pattern I noticed while walking in Sorrento. It will eventually become a quilt top.
I also drew out a pattern I noticed while walking in Sorrento. It will eventually become a quilt top.
